the numbering for the rest of theagenda. The motion passed unanimously.

Executive Session

Citing Idaho Code 67-2345(b) ChairmanHaight-Mortensen

called for a roll call vote tomove into executive session for the purpose of considering a personnel matter.Mr.Luthy

voted aye;Mr. Newton

voted aye;Mrs. Haight-

Mortensen voted aye;and Mrs.Mead

voted aye. The Board moved into executive session at

6:40 p.m.

Regular opensession resumed at

7:20 p.m.

Approval of Minutes

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Mrs. Mead moved and Mr. Newton seconded the motion to approve the minutes fromtheAugust 8 and August 29 meetings

as presented. The motion passed unanimously.

Consent Agenda

Mr. Newton moved and Mr. Luthy

seconded the motion to approve the consent agendaas presented. The motion passed unanimously.

Informational Items

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Superintendent Kerns informed Trustees that the Region 6 ISBA Meeting will beheld Monday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the Jefferson School District Office.All trustees are invited.The meeting’s agenda items include resolutions to beseen at the November conference, understanding new legislation,

Locascio to be used for portfolios and Christmas projects inher classroom.

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The District has received a letter from Delta DentalCommunityOutreachrequesting approvalto do afree sealant clinic

forthemiddle school as well asfirst and second grade.This clinic

will take place on Monday, October 10.

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The

application for the“Gear Up”

grantis beingprocessed by the District. Mr.Creelis doing much of the work.

Thisgrant will allow the District to help thosefrom6th

gradeup to “gear up” for college. It will cover many activities that willprepare students for college.

When the 21st

Century Grant expires this may be away to continue some of the grant work being done in our District.

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ChairmanHaight-Mortensen asked Trustees if it would be okay

to posttheirhome numbers onthe Districtwebsite.

All Trustees were comfortable with this.

PTO/Booster Report

None

Student Delegations

For the 2011-2012 school year, we as ASB and student council are committed to servicefor others and ourselves. Our goal is to bring awareness to the issues that all the

students in the district deal with in their lives from Pre-school to Seniors. The followingschedule was included in the ASB written report.

September 8

Suicide prevention assembly (grades 9-12)

September 19-23

Homecoming week

September 27

Cyberbullying assembly

September 29

Begin MS/HS buddy program with Elementary students

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Mr. Kerns informed the Board about a few changes in the homecoming schedule. Alsohe noted that the students had decided to forgo the dance and just have a bonfire.

Healso explained that the school catalogwill be handed out at parent teacher conference.An additional suicide prevention assembly was held September 12 for grades 6-8.

Activities Director Report

Football-

The football team has 12 players on the roster. Their first game was againstGrace on August 26. Grace had 26 players on their team and played very well against usand we lost the game. During the game our quarterback, Kaleb May, was hurt and sowe finished the game with only 10 players.

Because of injuries and other reasons the football team only had 8 players practicing theweek of the Challis game and so the Challis game scheduled for September 2 wascancelled. The team is back up to 11 players so Coach Williams is planning on playing therest of the season, but may have to cancel if we lose any more players. The footballteam is scheduled to play Sho-Ban on September 9th.

Junior High Football-

The junior high team had a scrimmage on August 31 and they arelooking forward to startng their season on September 10th at Challis. We have 4 gamesscheduled for them and hope to add Lima, MT.

Volleyball-

The volleyball team went to N. Fremont on August 27th

and played in atournament. They won every match and were pleased with their play. They went toMackay on September 1st

and struggled with those games but coach has them focusedon their first home match on September 10th.

Junior High Volleyball-

The team is practicing and they are excited to start their seasonat a tournament in Twin Bridges,

MT on September 17th.

The Activities Director reported that the football

team won atSho-Ban.He handed outactivity cards to trustee andasked them tosign

anagreementstating they would notsharetheircards.

21st

Century Grant Report

We have hada busy summer planning for the upcoming school year. I believe this yearwill be the best year of the grant! Dorothy Hutchings, Noel Creel, and myself traveled toWashington D.C. this summer to attend the 21st Century Grant Summer Institute. Wehad a jammed packed schedule and went to many great workshops. I believe this was agreat experience for my two site coordinators to gain some good knowledge of how thegrant operates. I believe we came away from D.C. fired up and ready to go!

Noel started thefirst of August running our weight room and conditioning program forthe football and volleyball programs. He also has had many open gyms for students notparticipating in fall sports.

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Dorothy and Ginger Ward have been planning throughout the summer for

a successfulprogram at Lindy Ross. I believe our new faces this year with generate a lot ofexcitement and higher enrollment in our programs.

I look forward to a very successful year!

Mr. Creel was unable to attend due to a conflict with the fallbasketball leaguesponsored by the 21st

Century grant held at Apple Athletic.

Maintenance Report

Mr. Berrett

reported that everything is going fine.

Food Program Supervisor Report

Mrs. Berrett reported that things are going good

in the kitchen. Shenow has

got somegood help and it is good to see the kids again.

Transportation Supervisor Report

Bus routes are running smoothly, with buses arriving at approximately

7:45 a.m. Thisgives the students time to eat breakfast before school begins. We have

had two busesbreak downsince

school started. Both buses are repaired and back on the road again. Itwas a problem with fuel pumps. We are only running one bus for afterschool. The busruns at 6 p.m.

District Technology Coordinator Report

We have lots of projects going on with technology this time of year! A Big Thanks to KelliWhittier for helping update the website. She has done a superb job posting importantBoard information on the website. I really appreciate her help with this project-

it looksreally nice! There is a link to PowerSchool for our parent’s on the website now. I amsending out new login and password information for PowerSchool, along with ISAT testresults to each family in the district.

We received some computer

donations from the Idaho Falls BLM office. The donationsare always appreciated. It included some laptops, monitors, and desktops. Some werenot working but we take everything to get the good stuff!

The most important project right now is expending the last of the Title II D grant funds($50,000.00). The grant was for technology in three of our classrooms. I will presentthe purchases over $1,000.00. The purchases have to be approved from the State Dept.The technology person resigned so it is alittle slower process.

If you have any questions or concerns please let me know. I would be more than happyto visit and explain any questions you may have. Thanks very much.

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Mrs. Shifflett informed Board members that last year’s parentID

and passwords wereworking fine until Powerschool did an upgrade. The upgrade erased all the IDs so Susiewill be getting new Parent IDs out as soon as possible.

Special Education Directors Report

School is off to a good start. The students I see during the course of the day are workinghard and trying their best to complete assignments for me, and for other teachers.

I attended a Building Blocks for Literacy class on August 27, 2011. It was very helpful forearly literacy skills. The ideas benefit children frombirth to age 5.

I will be attending the fall law conference on September 13, 2011. This conference isfollowed by the region director’s meeting in the afternoon.

I look forward to another good school year with students, staff, and more learning.

Mrs.Hutchings reported that a big deal is being made of service animals. Sherecommends that the District get a policy in place to deal with various service animals ifand when they are needed.

Superintendent’s Report

School is going well and we’veexperienced a good start. Our teachers are performingwell and appear to be enjoying their assignments. We had a great opening activitysponsored by the 21st

Century Grant at the Rexburg Rapids water park September 3rd.Many of our students attended and

enjoyed the experience. Teacher in-service this yearis focused on two books, “A Framework for Understanding Poverty” by Ruby Payne, and“Schools Cannot Do It Alone”

by Jamie Vollmer. Both books should provide greatresources for our teachers this year.

Registration for the next ISBA conference has finallyopened in Couer d’Alene. I will also serve as a presenter this year. Homecoming willtake place next week, from the 19th

to the 24th

of September. Our opponent is the NorthValley Academy Patriots,

from Gooding, Idaho. Good luck Bobcats!

Mr. Kerns informed Board members that many ofthe migrant rules have changed andLEP programs are changing.

Business Office/Treasurer’s Report

It’s that time of year again to start the audit. I have spoken withFred Goodworth(Galusha, Higgins and Galusha) and we have a tentative meeting set for next Thursdaythe 15th. I have two different quotes for the GASB 45 valuation. Copies of their quotesare attached. The request for rental fee increase was published in the Jefferson Star onWednesday, September 7th. Thank you for allyour help and support.

Mrs. Woods reported that the District did receive

theREAP grant again.This accountsfor$19,704thathad

not been budgeted. This money is usually used for textbookpurchases.During a compliance check on departments it was noted that we havenopolicy on students who work fortheschool district.We have received

modificationsandasample policy.We also need a policy for district owned cell phones.Mrs. Woods6

also noted that due to a state meeting she may not be able to attend the Novembermeeting. There was a brief discussion about actuaries.

Mrs. Woods informed Trusteesthat actuaries are government accountants. School districts that do not follow throughwith getting

an actuary are being pursued

in relation to theGASBE 45 requirements.She will present a series of bids

to determine who to hire as the District’s actuary.

Dueto the audit deadline of November 10 the Board may have to schedule a special meetingfor the sole purpose of reviewing the yearly audit.

He briefly outlined each policy and explained some ofthe rationale behind the policy. He also explained that one of the resolutions comingdown through the ISBA states that legislation will automatically change policy

throughout the state. Mr. Newton moved andMrs. Mead

secondedthe motion toreview all policies and see them at a second reading.

The motion passed unanimously.

Driver’s Ed Car

Mr. Kerns reported that Pacific Steel will pay$150 to

come and get the olddriver’seducationcar.Some discussion ensued after which Mrs. Woods stated that shewillfindout about the green truck parked by the shop. It is possible that having more than onevehicle will make it more worthwhile for scrap yards to come get them. Mr. Kernsvolunteered to drive the old car to Idaho Falls so that the District will be able to getmore money for it. The Board will further discuss this at the next meeting.

Purchases over $1000.00

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Mrs. Shifflett informed Board members that theEETT

Grant funds must be

allocated bySeptember though the money will not be spentuntil December.

She asked for approval to expend funds not to exceed

$50,000. The funds will bespent on Interactive Whiteboards, Digital Slate, Student Response Systems,Classroom Sound Systems, and Professional Development. Mr. Luthy moved andMrs. Meadsecondedthe motion to approve the expenditure of the EETT fundsnot to exceed $50,000. The motion passed unanimously.

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Mrs. Mead moved and Mr. Luthy seconded the motion to approve the paymentof a bill toBrad’s Repairfor the annual inspection of the buses in the amount of$2500. The motion passed unanimously.

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Mr. Newton moved and Mrs. Mead seconded the motion to approve thepayment of $1227 toPunt’sPlumbingfor the repair of the commode in theElementary School Girl’s Bathroom.The motion passed unanimously.

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Mr. Newton moved and Mrs. Mead seconded the motion to approve thepayment of $1050 to the ISBA for registration to the November conference forMr. Hopson, Mrs. Haight-Mortensen, and Mr. Kerns.

The motion passedunanimously.

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Mr. Newton moved and Mrs. Mead seconded a motion to approve the paymentof $1156.96 to Lake Shore for afterschool supplies.

Mrs. Woods informed Board members that the biannualICRMPbill for$9325.50is due. This has already been approvedas part of the budget but she wanted togive the Board members a heads-up.

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Superintendent Kerns recommended to Trustees that they accept a bid fromStamper Builders in the amount of $5402.20 to repair damages to the foodservice loading dock. There was some discussion regarding the multiple bids.Mrs. Woods will ensure Stamper Builders will be able to complete the work in atimely fashion. If not, the bid will be reopened. Mr. Newton moved and Mr.Luthy seconded a motion to award the contract to StamperBuilders in anamount not to exceed $6000.

The motion passed unanimously.

Hire Personnel

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Mrs. Mead moved and Mr. Luthy seconded the motion to approved SherrieLocascio as the new Board Clerk. She will work with the current clerk to trainthroughout October in preparation for Mrs. Whittier’s leaving.